Iliad/Odyssey Summary

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them as he went back to battle.
As the Greeks fought the Trojans, they realized they were no match, and knew that without godlike Achilles, they would be defeated. So Agamemnon’s advisers counseled him to apologize to Achilles. Gifts of land, gold, and women were offered to Achilles but he refused. He believed he was dishonored to greatly to rejoin the Greeks.

Achilles’ friend Patroclus convinced Achilles to let him wear his armor and lead the Myrmidons into battle. The armor intimidated the Trojans because they thought it was godlike Achilles they were fighting. Patroclus and the Greeks were able to push the Trojans away from the Greek ships they were planning on burning, and sent them back to Troy. But Hector killed Patroclus.

When Achilles heard of Patroclus’ death, he rejoined the Greek army and was determined to kill Hector. He and Agamemnon settled their differences and Achilles went back to fighting. When Achilles found Hector, Hector ran around the walls of Troy, ...

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grew a beard.

As he and his men searched for Ithaca, they came across an island. There they discovered a cave which contained abundant amounts of cheese. They decided to stay the night and ate their fill of the cheese. The Cyclops which lived their came back and discovered the intruders. He asked who they were and where their ship was. Odysseus, the man of many schemes, realized that this was a trap and told the Cyclops their ship had been destroyed. The Cyclops responded by eating two of his men. Odysseus and his men could not escape the cave because a huge rock was blocking the door. So Odysseus gave him a sleeping potion, and as he slept, they jabbed his eye with a large poker ...

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